split long string over two lines

[TechCrazy]

I usually have to compose long strings like

my $result = "....."

which can go over multiple lines. I know C++ uses \ to allow multi-line
strings. How does Perl allow this?

I know I can do this:

my $result = "....." .
"....."

Any other way? Thanks.

 

[Simon Taylor]

I usually have to compose long strings like

my $result = "....."

which can go over multiple lines. I know C++ uses \ to allow multi-line
strings. How does Perl allow this?

I know I can do this:

my $result = "....." .
"....."

Any other way? Thanks.

See this discussion of 'here documents'.

http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/UnixReview/col12.html

Also see the "Quote and Quote-like Operators" section in the
perlop page:

perldoc perlop


Regards,

Simon Taylor

 

[TechCrazy]

Thanks Simon, I didn't know about 'here documents'.

 

[A. Sinan Unur]

Thanks Simon, I didn't know about 'here documents'.

This, then, is a good time to read the FAQ from beginning to end.

<URL: http://search.cpan.org/~nwclark/perl-
5.8.7/pod/perlfaq4.pod#Why_don't_my_%3C%3CHERE_documents_work?>

Sinan

 

[TechCrazy]

Sounds good. I didn't know about that either